22 February, 2012

Urban Decay 24/7 eye liner set: swatches, review

A couple months ago I purchased the Urban Decay Electric set: five 24/7 glide-on eye pencils - Radium, Junkie, Ramson, Woodstock and Perversion. Actually I don't know if this set is still available at Sephora but I decided to write a review of it since Ramson is a permanent shade and Woodstock and Perversion are going to be added to the permanent range as well.

Okay, I have to admit the Urban Decay 24/7 are my favorite eye liners ever: they are usually creamy but not too much, glide effortlessly on the lash line and last many hours. Honestly I wouldn't recommend them if you're looking for a creamy liner to blend it out, because I find them not so easy to blend - I personally don't use often the eye pencils this way. Don't get me wrong, they're blendable but for that use there are more creamy and smudging liners out there to me - such as the famous Feline by Mac.

If you want a long lasting eye pencil instead, which doesn't smudge and it's not too dry or hard to apply, go for these!

Radium: is a bright light blue with a kind of metallic/silvery sheen.

Junkie: is a teal with gold sparkles. I talked about a dupe of it here. My favorite of the bunch for sure!

Ramson: is a violet with a kind of blue sheen. This is my least favorite in terms of quality: it's not as pigmented as other UD shades, you have to build the color up and it seems almost patchy. It's a permanent shade.

Woodstock: is a fuchsia/pink with some pink/silvery shimmer. The pigmentation of this one isn't so great either, but better than Ramson though. I like the color but it's quite difficult find out how to use it, at least to me. I've applied it in the crease just to intensify a pink/fuchsia eyeshadow. It was a limited edition but it's going to become a permanent shade.

Perversion: the blackest black with a matte finish, which I like a lot. There's already a true black in the UD 24/7 range - the Zero pencil - but compared with Perversion it looks almost a charcoal grey. Perversion is going to be permanent as well as Woodstock.

My absolute favorites are Junkie and Perversion, I can't recommend them enough.

(I'm sorry for the messy photo above, but that day I wasn't able to find the sharpener!)

There are five different shades from the most unique to the most wearable black.The quality is definitely there in the Urban Decay eye pencils - the little disappointment in this set is Ramson which has a poor pigmentation. The value is great though. Radium and Junkie are limited edition and exclusive for this set, Ramson is a permanent shade whereas Woodstock and Perversion are going to become permanent soon as well.

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